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-Hambleton, Hadley s Co advertise houses
stores, rooms or farms to rent free of charge.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-29

ing or uncertain business investment A
small subscription toward S15, 600 of pub
lie money yokes itself with grand aggre-
gate of S65,0C0, both drawing perpetual
interest of from 30 TO 40 per cent, crcru
dOltdr Of 1rhich is to be deUotcd TO the
highest public 1Cclfdrc Of mis- CO nnlltnitIL
Where is there a bonanza scheme that
offers such inducements as these-no
risks, no possible loss, small investment
shared among many, and an annual re
turn to subscribers of onc-third the cant
tai inUcStCd ,
We have spoken only of the material
advantages of this building project: and
our present design contemplates and per-
mits no wider view. But even in this mar
row outlook-the mere value of the build
ing to the city as n business investment
what remarkable inducements appear.
Is there man in Burlington, who has a
heart string around his purse instead of a
strap, who will not permit that string to
relax while he adds, at least, his mite to
the furtherance of the most public spir-
tied enterprise that ever enlisted the sym
pathies of this community?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-29

We desire to call attention, briefly, to a
few points which may be urged in favor
of the erection in this city of the proposed
Y. NJ. G. A. building, from a business
standpoint merely. Regarded as IA good
business investment, the project must
certainly commend itself to every prop
erty owner and every business man in
Burlington.
To begin with, the erection of such a
building as is proposed, will enhance the
value of every other piece of property in
the city, and especially of every block and
building on our principal business streets.
1t will be a practically fire-proof building,
and bulwark against fire in the heart
OF the city. 1t will increase rentals
it will be an ornament to the city and
an inducement to business men TO
locate here. 1t will be an encour-
agement and incentive also to the erection
of other handsome and permanent blocks,
and so encourage building enterprise and
the conversion of our business streets
from an Anticipated collection of old rock
cries to handsome. substantial modern
city
In the second place, the sum that is re-
quired to accomplish this result is very
small-eXceedingly small when divided
up among so many sharers, Thanks to
the generosity and public spirit OF pri
vate individual, the burden of this great
undertaking has been removed from the
shoulders of the y. NJ. G. A, and the asso
citation finds itself with an enterprise in
hand which it feels that it can readily
Al, 1, q. 4
lie. The entire sum necessary to be raised
by subscription is only $4,000 The asso-
cations entire share in the building en-
terprise is only from $40, 900 to S3s. 200. A
loan of $50, 900 secured by mortgage brings
this down to $751; 900 at the highest and by
sale of a small portion of the building
lot, for which at the lowest estimate 5000
can be obtained, reduces the necessary
sum to $4,000. If the citizens of Bur
lington will subscribe in round numbers
$4,000, the magnificent new building
which ought to adorn the principal bust
ness site in our city, will be an as
sured certainty. Considering what we
subscribe willingly for other merely tenn
porary advantages to the city, this sum is
very small-we might say insignificant
when compared with the permanent ad
vantages it represents.
But, still further; The entire sum which
Mr.. Van Patten subscribes to the build
ing fund is in every sense and the best
sense GIT of so much money to the city
| and this gift is conditioned simply upor
the raising by subscription of $4,000, tC
be associated with it in "A perpetual rev
| emma nf good A this community Hara /,
a chance for a brilliant, though not a dar
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-29
Bridge Disasters.

The frequency of railroad bridge disas-
ters in this country within the past four
months has been so marked, and has
given rise to so much discussion, that the
appearance of monograph upon the sub
iect, by an expert, is an event deserving
some notice. The work to which we re
fer is small volume by Prof. George H.
Vose, entitled Bridge Disasters in Ameri-
ca" It is published by Lee 81 Shepard,
Boston.
Prof. Vose, at the beginning of his vol.
ume, makes the startling statement that
not less than forty bridges, highway and
railway, fall annually in the United States,
with greater or less attendant loss of
life This fact must enforce upon us one,
or both of the following conclusions {;
Our American bridges are not built with
sufficient care and thoroughness, or else
they are not properly and faithfully in
spected. We are inclined to think that
the latter is the principal cause OF bridge
disas ters in this country. AS n general
thing both highway and railway bridges
are substantially and thoroughly
built, subjected to severe tests, and
with proper care, calculated to be
permanent But in many cases the
system of inspection is defective. Being
left almost altogether to the discretion of
corporations, it is not strange that II
should become so. Both corporations and
their representatives will sometimes grow
careless in such matters, and the public
has to suffer the consequences. Every
State, it seems to us, should make pro-
vision for a rigid system of bridge inspec-
ton yet very little that is effective has
been done in this direction Prof. Vose
suggests that there should be State super
vision of all bridge construction within its
limits, particularly of highway bridges.
As things are now, any man may start an
establishment of bridge building pur-
poses, whether he be properly qualified
for the business or not and he may use
Just such materials as he sees fit. Thus,
with an existing tendency on the part of
public officials to economize by securing
constructions at low cost, there is tempta-
ton to indulge in unscientiflc bridge
poyment of material. Disastrous results
must in time ensue.
The representatives of the public must
have some supervision over all the struc-
lures which the public are compelled to
use. The State should inspect both high
ations pretend to inspect them or not. In
this way only can the public be assured of
safety in the use of such structures.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-29

The Interstate commerce law has now
been in operation long enough to form
some definite conclusions as to its opera
tions. The best summary we have seen
is that of the prominent mercantile pub
LEGATION, Brddstrcct's, which has instituted
paiustaking inquiry into the operations of
, the act, and has arrived at certain conclu-
sions which seem reliable and comprehen-
sive. 1t finds, III the first place, that,
aside from trauscontinential rates, the
average nominal increase, as compared
with former rates, is not sufficient to ac-
count for the disturbance caused
by the change. This, we think,
will be pretty generally agreed to.
A greater share of the complaint and
fault-fnding comes from concerns which
J find themselves deprived of special priv
ileges: and their dissatisfaction is made
which would be very glad, in most in
stances, to return to the old order of
things.
BradStrcct's also concludes, in the sec
ond place, that the late nominal rates
We're, to those who shipped large quaint
ties of merchandise or produce, more hon
ored in the breach than the observance
in short, that "cut rates" to the trade
were, prior to April t. more nearly the
rule than the exception.
Further, it is found by careful compari-
son that advances in railway rates east of
Missouri river from former (actuaD rates
TO those now required, range from twenty
| to forty per cent and that there are few
increases below ten per cent, and some
above forty per cent not including trans
continental rates. which range from 300 to
700 per cent higher, and have become pro
hibitive. All the new rates are quoted
firm.
Another result of the practical operation
| of the law is that the trunk lines have
been obliged to arrange many new special
rates for specific articles, in order TO pre-
vent ruinous discrimination against spe-
cial' industries through long and short
haul rates favoring similar industries
elsewhere. Minor interior shipping points
are yet, in many cases, without rate
! from the large centres OF distribution,
owing to the inability of the railways thus
far to arrange through schedules of rates
on mutually satisfactory basis.
We think that candid examination of
these undoubted facts, will show that the
difficulties involved are in the main such
as would naturally and inevitably attend
the putting into practical working order
of a law so radical and sweeping AS the
interstate commerce act. Tine VIII ar
range all these matters, and make the
working of the law smooth and satisfac'
tory. AS soon as the principal lines of
railway come to an agreement among
themselves AS to the new rates, over
charges will subside and the general ship
per will begin to reap the advantages OF
the law.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-29

No doubt, the postof1ice department is
frequently defrauded by unscrupuious
persons, whose conscience not only per-
mits them to cheat the government, but
seems to pat them approvingly on the
, back for every successful violation of the
postal laws. But few persons in this
country, we suppose, have ever dreamed
that they were being cheated, openly and
day by day, by the United States post
office department. Yet such seems to be
the case, if we interpret rightly the fol-
lowing section of the revised statutes.
Title xlvi.-The Postal Service. Chapter s.
Mail Matter
Section $3.50. The postmaster general shall
furnish to the post offices exchanging mails
with foreign countries, and to such other
Offices as he may deem expedient, postal bal
ances denominated in grammes of the metric
system, 10 granmes of which shall be the
equivalent. Tor postal purposes, of Onc-haf
ounce avOirdupols, and SO on in progression.
Approved June %, 1874.
The intent of this act is evidently to
give to the citizen the benefit of the metric
rates, which are less than the rates charg
ed by the ordinary system of weights,
and this, too, whether the metric balances
are in use or not, for the proportion is
carefully stated in the statute. This act
was in force before the change of
postal rates on first-claSs matter
from three cents per half-ounce to two
cents per ounce. But for ten years after the
passage of the law any sealed enclosure
that weighs slightly over half an ounce.
though not up to fifteen grammes, was
charged double rate; and at the present
time any sealed envelope that weighs one
ounce, though not up to thirty grammes,
is charged double rate. Thus the statute
has been entirely disregarded by the post
office department, and the public has been
deliberately deprived of the full advan-
tageS of the reduced rates of postage
This open violation of the statute passed
by Congress should not be allowed to
continue longer. The plea that the law
cannot be obeyed, because the department
cannot afford the expense of the new bal
ances, is absurd. In the first place. the
public might be given the benefit of the
( proportion between the metric and COM
mon systems, as distinctly stated in the
statute; and in the second place the de-
partment has already made money enough
, out OF illegal over charges to equip every
postoflice in the United States with the
metric scales.
These facts form pretty good argu-
ment in favor of the assertion that we
ought to have commission whose duty
it shall be to see that the laws and enact
ments OF Congress are not allowed to be
come imperative by the neglect of govern
ment officials or any other default. This
Is the age of commissions. They come
high, but we must have them"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-29

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The parncIl letter "a Forgery.

1t is now settled beyond any reasonable
doubt, that the Parnell letter published
by the London Times was a forgery. 1t
seemed impossible to the friends of Mr..
Parnell from the first, that he should
have spoken with approval of the murder
of Major Burse, and lightly of the as
sassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish.
Such folly and vaporing is not in the
Zine of Mr.. Parnell. Surely, Mr.
Parnell would not be SO foolish as
to speak approvingly of acts which,
besides being heinous crimes in
themselves, actually deprived Ireland of
the resources which were pending for her
relief? Such a step would be that of a
traitor to the interests Of Ireland, rather
than of the acknowledged leader of her
cause.
There are evidences enough in the text
of the letter that it is a fraud-a clever
fraud, perhaps, but so are all frauds that
obtain any measure of credence. We fail
to see why the Times should have printed
the letter, unless it was itself grossly i'm
posed upon, which is not likely 1t is "A
poor way to prove man INSCRIPTIONS, to
put words into his mouth which he never
uttered, although they seem plausible
from the fact that man in his position
might have uttered them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-29

The complaint is sometimes heard that
our American colleges are sending fewer
men into the ministerial and missionary
field from year to year. The facts, how
ever show the contrary Under the direc-
ton of President McCosh of Princeton, a
canvass has been made of some of the
leading colleges and semnaries of the
country, to obtain the names of students
willing and DESTROYS to be foreign mis-
sionaries The result is exceedingly en-
couraging. The number of institutions
which have been heard from is %. In
these no fewer than 1925 students have
offered themselves. or these, upward of
1900 are young men, and upward of 300
are young women. A few of them are
from upper schools but the great body of
them are from regularly constituted sem
inaries and colleges. They belong to the
various evangelical denominations These
volunteers include % from Amherst ::
Williams, 10; Andover, Il: Harvard, 9 :;
Cornell, 35 Oberln, 40, and Princeton
seminary and college, As. When was there
Il time of greater enthusiasm for mission
airy work among men and women
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-29

we gave some account, the other day
of new cure for the terrible disease, con
sumption. We find however, that it was
publishes letter from Mr.. Louis Ran
som, gentleman living in Akron O. ,
telling of physician in his town who has
cured several cases of tubercular con
sumption by electricity. The correspon-
dent suggests that this method of touring
by lightning" might be applied with equal
effect to cases of diphtheria. The Ohio
doctors plan is certainly not difficult
one: HE simply finds the tubercular de
post with a current of electricity, then
pours the current through the deposit A
circuit which produces mere Jingle on
the skin of healthy chest produces "A
deep, cutting pain the instant a mass of
tubercles interrupts it, so the diseased
spot is quickly and definitely located, and
this electric current, so light as to produce
no injury in the most delicate organ, is IA
stroke of lightning to the tubercular mi
crobe. The treatment is so effective and
certain that every case in the first and sec
ond stages of the disease has been speedily
and radically cured" The Akron doctor
Is so sure of the success of his method
that he declars that, even IN the worst
case. when the electrical treatment is re-
sorted to, he expects the recovery of the
patient las confidently rs though the
trouble were nothing more than an limo
cent cut OH the finger" II scientific men
keep this thing up there will soon be more
ways of getting well than of getting sick.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-29
STATE OF VERMONT.
arbor Day Proclamation.

-. \ OUNsuIT. CONTRNO{,
bh hnhNh"1N ''
Following the precedent OF my predeces
.or and in compliance with what believe &c
-, ~ ,,o,,, many of the peonle of the
nc the "isi V, wy ,ia h,, mo
state, ana 10 tine emu tn"o Pi"oiNV Wy nv
deem ed TO be commendable, ana 10 become Il
great benefit and advantage to the varied mat
tiI ,t,,.os, @ of tho comu onwpalth may be
uerlt'i me- oo.9 y, no ofror.
continued, ana thaC opporuuni'S may NC IN ~
ed for needed and wholesome release IRON the
routine of everyday life, with its cares and
ss,'a'lou a,d an occosion presented for
thQught ana concerI VI act,o III ,iI o,ir Cites
VI 2eH i,,,.s 90. ottractinn and the waste
anu Nllltecs InoiE O. i1 .o,,,Inornti,n in
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-29

1t seems to us that the Catholic church
is treading on very dangerous ground,
when it attempts, in these days and il
this country to muzzle the press. Yet
this is what the letter of Archbishop Cor
rigan to the editor and proprietor of the
Catholic Herald of New York, amounts
to. The archbishop warns the editor that
if he continues to support DR.. McGlynn, it
will be at his peril. So far as the sanction
aud patronage of the church is concerned,
this may be so but we do not think that
an ecclesiastical boycott of any journal in
this country will result in its suspension
for want of patronage.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-29

There certainly seems to be discrim-
nation on the part of the Interstate rail.
road commission in favoring Southern
roads by the suspension of certain clauses
of the law, while refusing the same relief
to Northern roads. The commission be-
gan by suspending the long haul section
for the benefit of 81 Southern companies,
and presently relieved others from the re-
quirements of the same section. Last
week they suspended that section on APP
plication of the Norfolk Southern and the
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas as to
points south of the Ohio and east of the
Mississippi, and also on petition of the
Texas and Pacific, as to freights destined
TO Ell Paso. But the commission seems
thus far to have granted like relief to only
one Northern company, an uninportant
road in Michigan Whether this discrim-
nation is intentional and for a purpose,
we cannot say; but it is inevitably sub
jecting the commission to much unfavor-
able criticism.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-29

A report of much significance in Rus
sian affairs, if true, is to the effect that a
nephew of high military official has been
arrested under significant circumstances.
The prisoner has been in position to OBJ
tain early news of the czar's intended
movements, and it Is suspected that he
was in communication with the nihilists.
This shows how tightly the tolls are clos
ing around the car. Treachery in the
military ranks, if it should spread, means
the destruction of all his power and the
sealing of his DOOM
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-29

One cannot read the Canadian journals
without perceiving that there is consider
able uneasineSS and dissatisfaction among
the people of the provinces concerning
the course which their government has
pursued and is still pursuing, in the fish
cries controversy. a recent issue of the
Toronto Globe declares: This certainly
is no time for levity or buster, and mem
bers of the Canadian government should
be especially careful to avoid both"
A prominent Canadian journal reproves
Sir Charles Topper of the Macdonald
cabinet, for saying in a public
speech that the retaliation act was
passed "to meet the eXigencies of
electoral engineering" The journal re
ferred to declares that Sir Charles can
hardly be aware how serious must be the
state of things in any country when the
passing of such an act is necessary to sat
isfy a large portion of the population.
The Canadian people feel that they-or
rather their government, which does not
fairly represent them-hold an insecure
and untenable position in the controversy
with this country. "ShShld circum-
stances or events lead to the proclamation
of non-intercourse," says Canadian
writer 1.-THE only probable alternatives
would he war or the virtual sacrifice of
our rights As Great Britain would make
almost any sacrifice to avoid war with the
United States, there is reason to fear that
peace may be purchased at our expense"
such utterauces as these show pretty
conclusively how the Canadian people
feel The majority of them are not as
blind or as obstinate AS the leaders of the
party in power. The fact is that Canada
and her interests are of absolutely no
weight whatever, when the question
comes to one of peace or war between the
United States and England. If John Bull
takes it into his head to shake hands with
Uncle Sam and Canada stands in the
way-why, we pity Canada, that's all. We
do not wonder that sensible people in Can
ada feel uneasy.
The Ohio Legislature has given married
women in that State the same right of
control over their own property which
they enjoy in New England. This is an
act of common justice, and should be fol
/ lowed by every State which has not yet
made such provision.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-29

1t will be a tremendously hard test for
the inter State commerce law, if, as is ru
mored, the Canadian Pacific Railroad
company cuts down the rates of its
through rates 25 per cent, so as to absorb
AL the transcontinental business. In this
case the American companies would be
entirely unable to defend themselves-un-
less, indeed, the commission should grant
the concessions demanded by them, which
it is not now disposed to do Too many
suspensions would make the inter State
commerce law farce and yet every case
that comes up seems TO be case of dire
necessity.